Civilian military jobs: The facts

Commonly known as just ‘the army’, the British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty’s Armed Forces (also known as the British Armed Forces) and part of the Ministry of Defence (MoD). In this article, facts are given about the different MoD vacancies, particularly civilian military jobs.

Different roles and where they can be found

There are three thronged military service of the UK comprising the army itself, the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of August 2010, the army comprised a reported 39,420 volunteers and 194,440 professional or regular troops. Army careers information There are many different available roles in the army. These range from soldier, to nurse, driver, dentist, HR, electrician, tailor to fitness instructor. There is a comprehensive section of the website of the army (Army.mod.uk) which gives army information on careers in the army. This section has titles and pictures of about 200 MoD jobs. Different roles
There is information on what qualifications and experience (if any) you will need, what each role involves and what type of person you will need to be for these jobs in the army. One can perform job searches based on the type of person you are, your skills and experience, keyword searches and general job grouping (combat, logistics and support, intelligence, intelligence and support, engineering, IT and comms, HR & finance, medical and music & ceremonial).

Combat and engineering jobs

Combat jobs
The jobs in this category are mostly the ones which, in some way involve (or prepare for) situations of conflict and combat and, are thus the roles which one would perhaps most associate with the army. Some of the most well-known jobs are paratroopers who deal with conflict from the air or that start from airborne positions, commandos who are involved in conflict particularly in extreme environments, those who drive transport in combat and those who provide supporting fire. Engineering jobs There are many engineering jobs in the army such as armoured engineers who maintain and operate armoured vehicles, electricians and weapons artificer who inspect and repair weapons. This job category also includes the extremely high-risk, adrenalised job of bomb disposal which was the subject of the critically acclaimed, Oscar-winning film, Hurt Locker.